< Judges 4 >
1 And the children of Israel continued to do evil against the Lord; and Aod was dead.
以笏死后,以色列人又行耶和华眼中看为恶的事,
2 And the Lord sold the children of Israel into the hand of Jabin king of Chanaan, who ruled in Asor; and the chief of his host was Sisara, and he lived in Arisoth of the Gentiles.
耶和华就把他们付与在夏琐作王的迦南王耶宾手中;他的将军是西西拉,住在外邦人的夏罗设。
3 And the children of Israel cried to the Lord, because he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and he mightily oppressed Israel twenty years.
耶宾王有铁车九百辆。他大大欺压以色列人二十年,以色列人就呼求耶和华。
4 And Debbora, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, —she judged Israel at that time.
有一位女先知名叫底波拉,是拉比多的妻,当时作以色列的士师。
5 And she sat under the palm tree of Debbora between Rama and Baethel in mount Ephraim; and the children of Israel went up to her for judgment.
她住在以法莲山地拉玛和伯特利中间,在底波拉的棕树下。以色列人都上她那里去听判断。
6 And Debbora sent and called Barac the son of Abineem out of Cades Nephthali, and she said to him, Has not the Lord God of Israel commanded you? and you shall depart to mount Thabor, and shall take with yourself ten thousand men of the sons of Nephthali and of the sons of Zabulon.
她打发人从拿弗他利的基低斯将亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉召了来,对他说:“耶和华—以色列的 神吩咐你说:‘你率领一万拿弗他利和西布伦人上他泊山去。
7 And I will bring to you to the torrent of Kison Sisara the captain of the host of Jabin, and his chariots, and his multitude, and I will deliver them into your hands.
我必使耶宾的将军西西拉率领他的车辆和全军往基顺河,到你那里去;我必将他交在你手中。’”
8 And Barac said to her, If you will go with me, I will go; and if you will not go, I will not go; for I know not the day on which the Lord prospers his messenger with me.
巴拉说:“你若同我去,我就去;你若不同我去,我就不去。”
9 And she said, I will surely go with you; but know that your honor shall not attend on the expedition on which you go, for the Lord shall sell Sisara into the hands of a women: and Debbora arose, and went with Barac out of Cades.
底波拉说:“我必与你同去,只是你在所行的路上得不着荣耀,因为耶和华要将西西拉交在一个妇人手里。”于是底波拉起来,与巴拉一同往基低斯去了。
10 And Barac called Zabulon and Nephthali out of Cades, and there went up at his feet ten thousand men, and Debbora went up with him.
巴拉就招聚西布伦人和拿弗他利人到基低斯,跟他上去的有一万人。底波拉也同他上去。
11 And Chaber the Kenite had removed from Caina, from the sons of Jobab the father-in-law of Moses, and pitched his tent by the oak of the covetous ones, which is near Kedes.
摩西岳父何巴的后裔,基尼人希百曾离开基尼族,到靠近基低斯、撒拿音的橡树旁支搭帐棚。
12 And it was told Sisara that Barac the son of Abineem was gone up to mount Thabor.
有人告诉西西拉说:“亚比挪庵的儿子巴拉已经上他泊山了。”
13 And Sisara summoned all his chariots, nine hundred chariots of iron and all the people with him, from Arisoth of the Gentiles to the brook of Kison.
西西拉就聚集所有的铁车九百辆和跟随他的全军,从外邦人的夏罗设出来,到了基顺河。
14 And Debbora said to Barac, Rise up, for this [is] the day on which the Lord has delivered Sisara into your hand, for the Lord shall go forth before you: and Barac went down from mount Thabor, and ten thousand men after him.
底波拉对巴拉说:“你起来,今日就是耶和华将西西拉交在你手的日子。耶和华岂不在你前头行吗?”于是巴拉下了他泊山,跟随他有一万人。
15 And the Lord discomfited Sisara, and all his chariots, and all his army, with the edge of the sword before Barac: and Sisara descended from off his chariot, and fled on his feet.
耶和华使西西拉和他一切车辆全军溃乱,在巴拉面前被刀杀败;西西拉下车步行逃跑。
16 And Barac pursued after the chariots and after the army, into Arisoth of the Gentiles; and the whole army of Sisara fell by the edge of the sword, there was not one left.
巴拉追赶车辆、军队,直到外邦人的夏罗设。西西拉的全军都倒在刀下,没有留下一人。
17 And Sisara fled on his feet to the tent of Jael the wife of Chaber the Kenite his friend: for there was peace between Jabin king of Asor and the house of Chaber the Kenite.
只有西西拉步行逃跑,到了基尼人希百之妻雅亿的帐棚,因为夏琐王耶宾与基尼人希百家和好。
18 And Jael went, out to meet Sisara, and said to him, Turn aside, my lord, turn aside to me, fear not: and he turned aside to her into the tent; and she covered him with a mantle.
雅亿出来迎接西西拉,对他说:“请我主进来,不要惧怕”;西西拉就进了她的帐棚。雅亿用被将他遮盖。
19 And Sisara said to her, Give me, I pray you, a little water to drink, for I am thirsty: and she opened a bottle of milk, and gave him to drink, and covered him.
西西拉对雅亿说:“我渴了,求你给我一点水喝。”雅亿就打开皮袋,给他奶子喝,仍旧把他遮盖。
20 And Sisara said to her, Stand now by the door of the tent, and it shall come to pass if any man come to you, and ask of you, and say, Is there [any] man here? then you shall say, There is not.
西西拉又对雅亿说:“请你站在帐棚门口,若有人来问你说:‘有人在这里没有?’你就说:‘没有。’”
21 And Jael the wife of Chaber took a pin of the tent, and took a hammer in her hand, and went secretly to him, and fastened the pin in his temple, and it went through to the earth, and he fainted away, and darkness fell upon him and he died.
西西拉疲乏沉睡。希百的妻雅亿取了帐棚的橛子,手里拿着锤子,轻悄悄地到他旁边,将橛子从他鬓边钉进去,钉入地里。西西拉就死了。
22 And, behold, Barac [was] pursuing Sisara: and Jael went out to meet him, and he said to him, Come, and I will show you the man whom you seek: and he went in to her; and, behold, Sisara was fallen dead, and the pin [was] in his temple.
巴拉追赶西西拉的时候,雅亿出来迎接他说:“来吧,我将你所寻找的人给你看。”他就进入帐棚,看见西西拉已经死了,倒在地上,橛子还在他鬓中。
23 So God routed Jabin king of Chanaan in that day before the children of Israel.
这样, 神使迦南王耶宾被以色列人制伏了。
24 And the hand of the children of Israel prevailed more and more against Jabin king of Chanaan, until they utterly destroyed Jabin king of Chanaan.
从此以色列人的手越发有力,胜了迦南王耶宾,直到将他灭绝了。